Zoo Miami Welcomes a Baby White-Faced Saki Monkey

Zoo Miami has not too long ago expanded its animal household by one!

Final month, the Florida-based attraction welcomed a child white-faced saki monkey, the zoo introduced in a information launch.

Born to 13-year-old mother and father — mom, Alejandra, and father, Macky — the newborn monkey’s intercourse has not but been confirmed.

For the reason that animal’s start, the mother and new child have been saved in a “secluded holding space,” per the zoo, in an effort to permit them to “correctly bond with none disturbance.”

This week, the newborn was discovered to be in good well being and was noticed nursing, in accordance with the institution.

Lately, Alejandra and her new child got entry to their habitat to get the newborn monkey accustomed to it.

“She may be very protecting of her toddler, which makes it tough to get a transparent view of it as it’s cradled on her chest coated in a thick coat of hair,” the zoo stated.

Sooner or later, the 2 monkeys will have the ability to be seen of their habitat on the Flooded Forest Constructing on the zoo’s Amazon and Past Exhibit.

White-faced saki monkeys dwell in bushes and may be discovered within the tropical forests of Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil and Suriname, in accordance with the zoo.

The animals sometimes feed on fruits, seeds, nuts and invertebrates, the zoo added, and their foremost predators are massive birds of prey, jaguars, ocelots and enormous constrictor snakes.